How businesses can go green
Assessing product-related environmental impacts was the main objective of a project funded under the Fourth Framework programme (FP4) whose results have been released in book format. 'Life cycle assessment in industry and business adoption patterns, applications and implications,' written by Paolo Frankl and Frieder Rubik, explains how the life cycle assessment method of measuring environmental impact could prove important in being able to integrate environmental aspects into business. The project that drew the conclusions which formed the basis for the book was part of the Environment and climate change programme of FP4. The findings were based on the results of a large survey and 20 case studies of businesses involved are included in the book.